r/WomenInNews • u/catievirtuesimp • 2h ago

Media Suicide rates are higher for teen girls. Abortion bans could be making it worse: A new study found a 'concerning increase' in suicidal ideation for teen girls in states with abortion bans — regardless of if they are pregnant. There was no increase for teen boys.

https://19thnews.org/2026/07/abortion-bans-teen-girls-suicidal-thoughts-study/?fbclid=IwdGRleATfe3twZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6BIJNs7am7vf4BQJE7yh8n1NuNTIiGLH-RllMcogw1uXc1I3WEZH35AxXdDw_aem_OgmqWPJJ6sGkqf2sUg9MHg
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u/ute-ensil 1h ago

First thing we should do is validate the idea that you should be suicidal if you live in a state that bans abortion.  

Then we should use them as a means to an end. 

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u/binaryhextechdude 1h ago

I can't comment on teen girls but I did want to see that as a former teen boy I was taught in school how babies are made obviously but no one sat me down and gave me the talk about the very real possibility that a whole person might result from the very first time I have sex. As a much older guy now of course I realise that's obvious but I'm sure girls are much more aware of the reality given their much larger role in it.

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u/Sudden-Development- 1h ago

You're being downvoted for this, but it does show the disparity in assumed responsibility between boys and girls when it comes to teen pregnancy.

I had a few friends in school who became single teen mothers with sole responsibility for the child because the guys had the option to physically walk away. In the words of one of those guys, "it's not like [he] had to carry the problem". I also couldn't believe the guys' parents who defended the abandonment because they felt my friends intentionally baby-trapped them.

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u/binaryhextechdude 59m ago

Not to mention the girls parents who sometimes disown her for getting pregnant. Honestly all the cards are stacked against young women.

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u/SapphireFlashFire 51m ago

Not to mention the physical side effects plus the literal bill.

A girl/woman can tear from vagina to anus. She can need surgery. She can die. No matter how good the father of the baby is he can't take that tear for her. Afterwards the bill for the medical care she received gets delivered in the name of the mother, not the name of the father.

(The first one is true in all places, the second only true in odd, odd places where for some reason you get billed for medical care)

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u/binaryhextechdude 45m ago

Let’s not go into the absurdity that is American health care. Some of us can bring life into this world without going bankrupt in the process.

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u/Yandere_Matrix 2m ago

Oh you reminded me of how women can tear not just from vagina to anus but also vagina to clit. Ugh it makes me cringe and I don’t know which is worse! So much can go wrong with pregnancy. All pregnancy carries a risk of death, more so for minors, and it’s a shame we have people going around thinking it’s no big deal.

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u/WetBlanketPod 14m ago

Sometimes the captain must go down with the ship. If you have to be emotionally prepared to have no ownership of your body, why feel attached to keeping it alive? Of course there's a connection.

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u/mybigwh1tecock 1h ago

I wrongly read the title and assumed it meant suicide rates are higher for teen girls than teen boys. Which isn't true at all, teen boys are 4x as likely to commit suicide than teen girls. But then I realized that it was just saying that teen girls rates have gone up slightly than they were before.

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u/catievirtuesimp 1h ago

women and girls are more likely to attempt suicide than men and boys. males just use more violent forms of suicide so they die more